Release v0.72.0

In the v0.72 release cycle, we focused on stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.72.0-x64.exe	9925894D797458C78A8C3DF6FE4BD748580638B01BB43680477763662915109A
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.72.0-arm64.exe	2E68139C22C56648E64514E4E8E0A0D12882F6CF30B48EB20ECC66B4CCDD5909
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.72.0-x64.exe	788EE4D828169F092737A739030B218CEFEC79583E42858BB8F9F036B701BE6F
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.72.0-arm64.exe	39C1D430A538B0F3D7869D39DF7F636A64AAFAD8DFB3C82059A97F4EBD3369C4

Highlights

• Greatly reduced the PowerToys installed space by having utilities share the same installed path. When compared to 0.71, the 0.72 x64 machine installed version of PowerToys reduces the size reported in the Installed Apps screen from 1.15GB to 785 MB and the size in File Explorer properties for the installation folder from 3.10GB to 554 MB.
• Value Generator - A new PowerToys Run plugin that generates hashes and GUID values. Thanks @IHorvalds!
• Mouse Highlighter has a new feature to have a highlight always follow the mouse pointer. Thanks @hayatogh!
• PowerRename was reworked to support a bigger number of files without crashing.

Known issues

• Due to changing paths in the installation folder, the Mouse Without Borders service might be pointing to the wrong place. Users not running as admin will have to enable service mode again after install. A toast notification will appear if Mouse Without Borders is unable to start the service correctly.
• File Explorer extensions changed paths might not be loaded correctly until File Explorer and Preview Host processes are restarted, so we advise restarting the computer when possible after updating PowerToys.

General

• Shared dependencies between applications in order to greatly reduce the installed size.
• Added missing icons and icon sizes. Thanks @niels9001!

FancyZones

• Fixed an issue where FancyZones wouldn't register a change to the "Switch between windows in the current zone" setting.
• Added a Setting to enable the behavior of clicking the middle mouse button to toggle multiple zone spanning.

File Locksmith

• Fixed a File Explorer crash when deleting a file, updating PowerToys and then trying to right-click the background of a folder in File Explorer.
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

File Explorer add-ons

• Updated the Monaco dependency for Developer Files Preview, supporting new file extensions and fixing issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!

Hosts File Editor

• Consolidated the way the Hosts application is launched. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Installer

• Refactored the Monaco dependency inclusion. What to install is now being generated automatically.
• Removed hardlinks and simplified the installer files, now that many utilities use the same paths.

Mouse Highlighter

• Added a feature so that a highlight follows the mouse even if no mouse button is being pressed. Thanks @hayatogh!

Mouse Pointer Crosshairs

• Added a setting to hide the crosshairs when the mouse pointer is also hidden. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added a setting to select a fixed length for the crosshairs, which also spans across screens. Thanks @Epp-code!

Mouse Without Borders

• Switched to a UWP mouse input API to fix mouse pointer lag issues that were reported.
• A toast notification will appear when the service can't be started and Mouse Without Borders will try to start in non-service mode instead.
• Fixed a bug where the service path wouldn't update to the new binary path when trying to re-enable service mode.
• Fixed some grammar errors in the Mouse Without Borders user facing strings. Thanks @KhurramJalil!
• Allow changing the shortcuts in the same way as other utilities and changed them to better defaults to avoid conflicting with Alt Gr+letter combos on international layouts.

Peek

• Also benefits from the Monaco dependency update when peeking into files supported by the Developer Files Preview. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed a flash on PowerToys starting due to the Peek window activating and hiding right away. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Updated icon design. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed flipped content issues on systems with RTL languages.

PowerRename

• Reworked the UI and resource consumption to fix crashes and hangs when trying to rename a huge number of files.
• Added the Mica background material and some UI tweaks. Thanks @niels9001!

PowerToys Run

• New plugin: Value Generator - generates values like hashes and GUIDs. Thanks @IHorvalds!
• The default input smoothing values were changed to the recommended values. Thanks @SamMercer172!
• Fixed tab navigation issues when using Shift+Tab to go backwards. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed a crash caused by images not being found in the image cache due to racing conditions.
• Fixed synchronization issues in the WindowWalker plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed a synchronization crash when getting localized system paths.
• The PowerToys plugin is now activated by default. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Quick Accent

• Added the ("ḍ", U+1E0D) unicode character. Thanks @SamMercer172!
• Fixed an issue causing the left and right keys being discarded even when Quick Accent didn't activate.

Registry Preview

• Fixed a bug causing DWORD values to not be shown correctly. Thanks @randyrants!
• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Runner

• Show a warning asking the user to restart the computer after updating the PowerToys version.

Screen Ruler

• UI tweaks. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Settings

• Fix an unused Expander in the File Locksmith settings page.
• Added an info box to better explain what the extended context menu is.

Development

• Projects were restructured to allow sharing the same folder and dependencies and to avoid resource name conflicts.
• Added scripts to CI to guard against applications having conflicting resources.
• Added scripts to CI to guard against depending on different versions of the same dependency.
• Test projects now build to a separate path.
• Dependencies updated across the solution to ensure every project is using the same dependencies.

Release v0.71.0

In the v0.71 release cycle, we focused on stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.71.0-x64.exe	4C6CCB3055E3838DA50FF529A670BAAD129570F4BFABF497B5D92259D3052794
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.71.0-arm64.exe	48633758DFBB99DE34BA2D3E3F294A60EF7E01015296D29A884251068B6FE3F6
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.71.0-x64.exe	44F092DFAC002536A27ABC701750D8C78FF30F8879768990BC4A0AFD0D5119F1
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.71.0-arm64.exe	283A67539EDA5D3AD88735C7B0150852ECB57D569BAC80396F942C60D6ACB33F

Highlights

• Support previewing archive files with Peek. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed PT Run crash caused by missing App.Dark.png file.
• Added setting to set Registry Preview as default app for opening .reg files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Modernized Settings app title bar and styling (Mica background material) to be inline with Windows 11 guidelines. Thanks @niels9001!

General

• Fixed infinite loop issue caused by global event not being reset. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Bump CommunityToolkit.Mvvm package version to 8.2.0. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing runner lag by moving check for updates and running bug report logic to the background thread.
• Bump WinUIEx package version to 2.2. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed issue causing Settings app crash when launching a second app process. Thanks @BLM16!
• Fixed network errors when checking for updates on virtual machines.
• Bump Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.NetAnalyzers package version to 7.0.3. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Bump Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility package version to 7.0.3.
• Bump System.Management package version to 7.0.2.
• Fixed issue causing PowerToys to start with Below Normal priority on startup.

ColorPicker

• Store color history in a separated file.

FancyZones

• Added feature to use middle click to toggle multiple zones spanning. Thanks @BasitAli!
• Fixed issue causing zoning not to happen until the cursor is moved.
• Improved monitor identification logic to mitigate issues causing layout reset.
• Fixed issue where default layout was applied instead of blank layout.

File Locksmith

• Added setting to show only in extended context menu.

File Explorer add-ons

• Developer files preview support for .vsconfig, .sln, .vcproj, .vbproj, .fsproj and .vcxproj files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Developer files preview support .vbs, .inf, .gitconfig, .gitattributes and .editorconfig files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Changed order of developer files preview` context menu items. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Developer files preview support for .gitignore files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed issue causing preview pane flickering on file selection and resizing. Thanks @tanchekwei!

Hosts

• Improved UX by adding keyboard shortcuts. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added setting to select the file encoding. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed parsing of commented lines with an address and host in the middle of the comment. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue on adding first entry and improve empty hosts list UI. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added logic to handle more than 9 hosts per entry (Windows limitation) by splitting them into separate entries. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

ImageResizer

• Added Enter key event handler when setting width/height of the new custom size.

Installer

• Fixed PowerToys Plugin installation. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fixed issue causing missing Mouse Without Borders service after upgrade. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Removed unneeded PT Run registry entries.

Mouse Without Borders

• Added Name2IP setting. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed device layout issues. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed hiding cursor at the top of the screen when "Hide mouse at the screen edge" is enabled. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed issue that was preventing OS going to sleep mode. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Remove shortcut for deprecated VKMap functionality. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @dtaylor84!
• Make MWB work without service if service doesn't start properly. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed focus issue causing "Hide mouse at the screen edge" not to work properly. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed issue causing app to hijack shortcut keys if they are only partially matched.

Peek

• Consume Ctrl+Space shortcut only if Desktop or Shell are in the foreground. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added feature to hide window with Esc key. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added a setting to always run not-elevated (enabled by default). (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Support .vsconfig, .sln, .vcproj, .vbproj, .fsproj and .vcxproj files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed blinking issue while loading developer files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Reset preview Source on Peek window close. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Center Peek window on File Explorer activated monitor. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @SamChaps!
• Fix previewing unsupported file types by using effective pixels. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @SamChaps!
• Support .vbs, .inf, .gitconfig, .gitattributes and .editorconfig files. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fixed memory leak by clearing generated thumbnails. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added setting to close on focus lost. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed crash when triggering Peek with no files being selected. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed setting Peek window as a foreground window. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Fixed race condition causing low quality preview to be displayed even if high quality preview is present. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Added support for .htm files.
• Fixed issue where title bar button colors were not update on Windows theme change.
• Added up/down arrow key item navigation. Thanks @DanWiseProgramming!
• Improved UX by defining minimum window size and adding tooltips for shown text. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Fixed crash on previewing internet shortcuts files.
• Support previewing archive files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

PowerToys Run

• Fixed crash caused by non thread-safe Results update.
• Fixed crash caused by missing App.Dark.png
• Code cleanup and fixed possible crash caused by missing VS Code instance in VS Code plugin. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix environment helper for nested environment variables. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• Added multiplication and division signs. Thanks @ailintom!
• Added opening exclamation mark to Catalan and Spanish language. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added the section sign ("§", U+00A7). Thanks @EikeJoo!
• Added accent units and more additional signs. Thanks @WilkoLu!

Registry Preview

• Added setting to set the app as default app for opening .reg files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Merge settings to single folder.
• Fixed issue of saving files without truncation. Thanks @qwerty472123!

Text Extractor

• Various improvements and fixes. Thanks @TheJoeFin!

Settings

• Styling fixes for Peek and Mouse Without Borders pages. (This was a hotfix for 0.70) Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed Mouse Without Borders machine connection status styling. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Improved Mouse Without Border page Uninstall service UX when it is inaccessible. (This was a hotfix for 0.70)
• Updated File Explorer module screenshots and instructions to reflect the Windows 11 File Explorer. Thanks @infinitepower18!
• Modernized the app title bar and styling (Mica background material) to be inline with Windows11 guidelines....

Release v0.70.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.70.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.70.0 for full release notes.

Warning: Service mode in Mouse Without Borders might be disabled after upgrading and will need to be activated again.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.1-x64.exe	B8FD209310B9847DA3AC35C2C5A89F99CE5EA91F456D9D3595DD2840D62A1AC1
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.1-arm64.exe	9F267B7AD91E5FAE86ED5050A08A24756CE3EA9875FFCFDE195F1F4F299F0933
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.1-x64.exe	1BE4760558765EF363E12126282F1E3340A8ADFF657C5C51714F7E096F86EE50
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.1-arm64.exe	5155EA186230876EF1DA6F49DC33E40D552B2BFFA0E03F66FBA71FBEB8713594

Highlights

• #26142, #26439 and #26525 - UX improvements in the Peek and Mouse Without Borders settings pages.
• #26152 - The new PowerToys Run plugin for opening other PowerToys was missing some files in the installer and should work properly now.
• #26235 - Peek and Mouse Without Borders process crashes in event viewer should now be reported correctly on Bug Reports.
• #26150 - The Peek shortcut is now only captured if the active window is the Desktop, Explorer or Peek.
• #26192 - Users can now use the Settings to specify host name and IP correlation in Mouse Without Borders, to account for VPN scenarios.
• #24047 - Fixed a cause for possible leaks and/or infinite cycles in C# utilities that use events.
• #26137 - The Peek windows can be closed using the Escape key.
• #26181 - Created a setting for Peek to always run not elevated, so that it handles files in network shares correctly.
• #26318, #26373 and #26431 - Peek and dev file preview now support showing Visual Studio project common files and .ini compatible files.
• #26419 - Fixed a blinking issue when loading code files in Peek.
• #26160 - Fixed a playback notification that would stick when using Peek on video files.
• #26243 - Peek now tries to appear on the same monitor as the File Explorer window that triggers it.
• #26133 - Fixed small Peek UI on high DPIs.
• #26361, #26162 and #26478 - Reduced Peek memory usage and possible leaks.
• #26246 - Fixed Mouse Without Borders layout always resetting to one row after some time.
• #26366 - Added a setting to close the Peek window after it loses focus.
• #26338 - Fixed the mouse activating thumbnails on top of the screen when switching to another machine in Mouse Without Borders.
• #26470 - Fixed a silent Peek crash when trying to open it from File Explorer with no files selected.
• #26261 - Fixed an issue causing Mouse Without Borders to prevent other connected machines from going to sleep.
• #26454 - Disabled a deprecated shortcut in Mouse Without Borders that was interfering with other software.
• #26517 - Don't remove the Mouse Without Borders service on upgrade. This issue will still affect users upgrading from 0.70.0 to a newer version, but it's fixed going forward.
• #26521 - When Mouse Without Borders detects the service doesn't exist, it will still try to operate in the "no service" mode.
• #26524 - Fixed a bug causing Mouse Without Borders to click a window on the current machine when switching to another machine.
• #26259 - Added a winget-cli configuration file for PowerToys.

Release v0.70.0

In the v0.70 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements.

Installer Hashes

Description	Filename	sha256 hash
Per user - x64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.0-x64.exe	A2C45CC2EA953FF07246C85C7E106A403EAA5ED51E7C777452238EE280C9F6EA
Per user - ARM64	PowerToysUserSetup-0.70.0-arm64.exe	2D9591A4752EFA7603C56EBDDC9CB4F70C5E938A4EF66ADC46B72FC60779E82C
Machine wide - x64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.0-x64.exe	2DBE97E599AA4ED5363F2A15D581113BBF13035FE503D9E9ED71650B1CEE7771
Machine wide - ARM64	PowerToysSetup-0.70.0-arm64.exe	B0FA955D34C84F3FBF39335887F3BEB417A2094F7A06B9EEEB92B9A1000B258E

Highlights

• New utility: Mouse Without Borders enables you to interact with other computers from the same keyboard and mouse and share clipboard and files between the machines. We’ve upgraded it to .NET 7 and made a few small adjustments to fit inside the PowerToys model. Thanks @truong2d and the rest of the contributors from the Microsoft Garage!
• New utility: Peek is a utility that shows a quick preview of files selected in File Explorer when you press a shortcut (Ctrl+Space by default). Thanks @SamChaps!
• Registry preview Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @randyrants!
• Awake Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @dend!
• Mouse Jump Quality of Life improvements. Thanks @mikeclayton!

General

• New utility: Mouse Without Borders. Thanks @truong2d and other original contributors!
• New utility: Peek. Thanks @SamChaps!
• Fixed a bug causing saved settings to clear sometimes when upgrading PowerToys.
• Font, icon and corner radius adjustments in the UI across utilities. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!

Awake

• Update to command line output to match the arguments. Thanks @rpr69 for creating a PR to help fix this.
• Fix crash happening when setting an expiration date on time zones with a negative offset relative to UTC (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fix missing logging file when installing (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Upgraded Awake to a new version, with Quality of Life improvements and fixing many issues regarding Awake not resetting or not keeping the computer awake when expected. Thanks @dend!

FancyZones

• Fixed accessibility issues on the Editor.

File Locksmith

• Fixed tooltips having a transparent background (This was a hotfix for 0.69).

File Explorer add-ons

• Add a Setting to select a background for the SVG Preview. Thanks @zanseb!

Installer

• Added more utilities to terminate when installing to help prevent files that sometimes are leftover from uninstall.

Keyboard Manager

• Fixed an issue causing mapping to media keys to type additional characters.

Measure Tool

• Created a setting to specify the default measure tool. Thanks @zanseb!

Mouse Jump

• Reduced dependency on WinForms utility classes. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Improved popup responsiveness. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Added a setting to set a custom sized window. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Added some shortcuts for screen navigation. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Peek

• New utility: Peek. Thanks @SamChaps, who drove the effort! Many thanks for all the contributors who made it possible: @danielchau, @estebanm123, @Joanna-Zhou, @jth-ms, @miksalmon, @niels9001, @RobsonPontin, @sujessie, and @Sytta!

PowerToys Run

• Add a plugin to start other PowerToys. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Added code to the Shell plugin to use Windows Terminal. Currently accessible only through manipulating the settings file directly. Thanks @phoenix172!

Quick Accent

• Added a missing character to the Welsh language.

Registry Preview

• Specify minimum size / position values for the UI (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixes in the UI command bar (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix crash on opening a file picker when running elevated (This was a hotfix for 0.69). Thanks @randyrants!
• Fixed tooltips having a transparent background (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fixed a file size limit typo. Thanks @idma88!
• Improve hexadecimal value parsing. Thanks @randyrants!
• Added a button to open the Registry Editor at a selected key. Thanks @randyrants!
• Improve key and value parsing. Thanks @randyrants!
• Better theme support for caption bar. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix an issue handling empty DWORD and QWORD values. Thanks @randyrants!

Settings

• Update the What's New screen to hide the installer hashes in the new format (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Fix crashes happening when using the Shortcut Control (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• The Settings window now has a minimum width. Thanks @niels9001!
• Prevent a second Settings instance from being opened on upgrade.
• Fix accessibility issues on many pages. Thanks @niels9001!

Documentation

• Fix a dead link in documentation that was pointing to the wrong settings specification. Thanks @zanseb!
• Added some missing contributors to COMMUNITY.md

Development

• Fixed the CI release pipelines hash generation (This was a hotfix for 0.69).
• Added per-user installers to the winget package submission script.
• Upgraded the Community Toolkit Labs dependency. Thanks @niels9001!
• Fixed building with Visual Studio 17.6. Thanks @snickler!
• Upgraded the WebView 2 dependency.
• Upgraded the WinAppSDK dependency to 1.3.1.
• Fixed a typo preventing the clean up script to run. Thanks @Sajad-Lx!
• Fixed encoding on a test file to fix running tests in some configurations. Thanks @VisualBasist!
• Made the GPO release assets come named with a version in the build CI output.

Release v0.69.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v0.69.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.69.0 for full release notes.

Installer Hashes

Per user - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.1-x64.exe

662E4082A788DF808BFB34C8D922C8B15835632808CE8C93DB7E13D9F2B984BA

Per user - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.1-arm64.exe

CBD35E2F0DCEF16E902C6F5110224618E0E272B8AFDBA3468F7AD32978603A51

Machine wide - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.1-x64.exe

058A382779270FEFD262A55B573E0D6A8501771C7DC52F41993FC440B5DDE5FF

Machine wide - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.1-arm64.exe

02A3AFA2BB90D46BDFF93E0A6E855751455BB831A31A93A6B05DB8F0B6893E57

Highlights

• #25254 - Fixed an issue causing the Registry Preview window to adopt a size too big for the screen after opening a big file.
• #25334 - Fixed a crash on the Settings application after selecting the new "Keep awake until experiation" option of Awake on timezones with a negative offset relative to UTC.
• #25253 - Fix wrong menu and tooltip transparent background in Registry Preview.
• #25273 - Add Ctrl+S and Shift+Ctrl+S as shortcuts for saving in Registry Preview.
• #25284 - Fix Registry Preview icons on some systems.
• #25252 - Hide the installer hashes of release notes in the What's New page.
• #25398 - Add code to avoid crashes due to the recent Shortcut Control changes.
• #25250 - Fix a crash when trying to open or save a file when Registry Preview is running with administrative privileges.
• #25395 - Fix command line functionality for Awake.

Release v0.69.0

In the v0.69 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability and improvements. Early notice for v0.70, we will be releasing it later in May 2023.

Installer Hashes

Per user - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.0-x64.exe

D05FC31F137718516C1D792765AAFEC51551FC172064BC3EE170911E455053AC

Per user - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysUserSetup-0.69.0-arm64.exe

0B113EAF17EEEA86299DEF7F73E7AF15A9CBFB8033C7F9218E33BDA276F37727

Machine wide - x64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.0-x64.exe

ADE1E56DF8CC52839FBD9DB6A0BCF34E38B88AAA52544EEAD3C1BB023FDAF29A

Machine wide - ARM64 Installer Hash - PowerToysSetup-0.69.0-arm64.exe

CF13F75F93462BE68CA3E4C90B23F3828BBCAA44E7AA987503E73652DCB9FDF8

Highlights

• New utility: Registry Preview is a utility to visualize and edit Windows Registry files. Thanks @randyrants!
• Support per-user scope installation.
• Awake: Quality-of-life improvements and introduced keeping system awake until expiration time and date. Thanks @dend!
• PowerToys Run: Fix crashing issue caused by thumbnail image loading.

General

• New utility: Registry Preview. Thanks @randyrants!
• Fix issue causing folders to not be removed on uninstall.
• Support per-user scope installation.
  • Companies can control this using the new GPO.

Awake

• Quality-of-life improvements and introduced keeping system awake until expiration time and date. Thanks @dend!

Color Picker

• Fix issue sampling timing and grid issue causing Color Picker to sample the color of its own grid. Thanks @IHorvalds!

FancyZones

• Fix window cycling on multiple monitors issue.

File Locksmith

• Add context menu icon. Thanks @htcfreek!

Mouse Utils

• Mouse Jump - Simulate mouse input event on mouse jump in addition to cursor move.
• Mouse Jump - Improve performance of screenshot generation. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Paste as Plain Text

• Support Ctrl+V as activation shortcut. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Repress modifier keys after plain paste. (This was a hotfix for 0.67) Thanks @UnderKoen!
• Set default shortcut to Ctrl+Win+Alt+V. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Update icons. Thanks @niels9001!

PowerRename

• Show PowerRename in directory background context menu.
• Fix the crash on clicking Select/UnselectAll checkbox while showing only files to be renamed.
• Improve performance on populating Renamed items when many items are being renamed.

PowerToys Run

• Add setting to disable thumbnails generation for files. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Calculator plugin - handle implied multiplication expressions. Thanks @jjavierdguezas!
• Fix Calculator plugin unit tests to respect decimal separator locale. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Fix crashing caused by thumbnail image loading.
• Date & Time plugin - Add filename-compatible date & time format. Thanks @Picazsoo!
• Improved the error message shown on plugin loading error. Thanks @htcfreek!

Quick Accent

• Fix existing and add missing Hebrew and Pinyin characters. Thanks @stevenlele!

Registry Preview

• Added a new utility: Registry Preview.
• Thanks @htcfreek! for the help shipping this utility!
• Thanks @niels9001 for the help on the UI!

Video Conference Mute

• Add toolbar DPI scaling support.
• Fix selecting overlay image when Settings app is running elevated.
• Add push-to-talk (and push-to-reverse) feature. Thanks @pajawojciech!

Settings

• Fix Experiment bitmap icon rendering on theme change and bump CommunityToolkit.Labs.WinUI.SettingsControls package version. Thanks @niels9001!
• Video Conference Mute page improvements. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Add warning that PowerToys Run might get no focus if "Use centralized keyboard hook" settings is enabled. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Fix ShortcutControl issues related to keyboard input focus, theme change and missing error badge when invalid key is pressed. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Add warning when Ctrl+V and Ctrl+Shift+V is used as an activation shortcut for Paste as Plain Text. Thanks @htcfreek!

Documentation

• Update CONTRIBUTING.md with information about localization issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Remove localization from URLs. Thanks @Jay-o-Way!
• Add dev docs for tools. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!

Development

• Ignore spellcheck for MouseJumpUI/MainForm.resx file. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Optimize versionAndSignCheck.ps1 script. Thanks @snickler!
• Upgraded NetAnalyzers to 7.0.1. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Move all DLL imports in Settings project to NativeMethods.cs file.
• Fix FancyZones tools build issues. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Centralize Logger used in C# projects. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Add missing project references. Thanks @ACGNnsj!

Release v0.68.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v.068.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.68.0 for full release notes.

• #24446 - Support Ctrl+V as activation shortcut for Paste As Plain Text, as requested by some users. Warning: Overriding a default system shortcut might have unintended consequences.
• #24437 - Paste As Plain Text - Support pasting multiple times as Ctrl+V does (on pressing activation key while holding modification keys)
• #24491 - Set Paste As Plain Text default shortcut to Ctrl+Win+Alt+V to avoid conflicting with new Windows volume mixer shortcut.
• #24600 - Add PowerToys Run setting to disable thumbnails generation for files in order to narrow down the root cause of the crash.

Installer Hashes

x64 Installer Hash

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ARM64 Installer Hash

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Release v0.68.0

In the v0.68 release cycle, we focused on releasing new features and improvements.

Installer Hashes

x64 Installer Hash

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ARM64 Installer Hash

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Highlights

• New utility: Paste as Plain Text allows pasting the text contents of your clipboard without formatting. Note: the formatted text in the clipboard is replaced with the unformatted text. Thanks @carlos-zamora!
• New utility: Mouse Jump allows to quickly move the mouse pointer long distances on a single screen or across multiple screens. Thanks @mikeclayton!
• Add new GPO policies for automatic update downloads and update toast notifications. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Support MSC and CPL files in "Run command" results of PowerToys Run Program plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Add support for log2 and log10 in PowerToys Run Calculator plugin. Thanks @RickLuiken!
• Added experimentation to PowerToys first run experience. There are current page which says "welcome" and a variant with direct instructions on how to use some of the utilities. We want to see if directly showing how to use PowerToys leads to more people using the features :)

General

• Improve metered network detection in runner. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Update PowerToys logo used by installer. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!
• Add new GPO policies for automatic update downloads and update toast notifications. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Update copyright year to 2023. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!

FancyZones

• Refactored and improved code quality.
• Fix crashing on moving window between monitors with Win + arrows. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Fix issue causing window attributes to not be reset properly. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Fix issue causing window to not be adjusted when layout is changed. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Fix issue causing window not to be unsnapped on drag started. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Fix issue causing layouts not to be applied to new virtual desktops. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Fix issues causing windows not to be restored correctly to their last known zone.

File explorer add-ons

• Add Developer files previewer option to set max file size and fix styling issue. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Improve Developer files previewer exception handling and printing of error messages.
• Fix crash when generating PDF and Gcode file thumbnails. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)

Hosts file editor

• Improve hosts file loading. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Improved duplicate hosts finding. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Keyboard Manager

• Fix typo in Keyboard Manager Editor. Thanks @ChristianLW!

Mouse Utils

• Resolve grammatical error in Mouse Highlighter description. Thanks @WordlessSafe1!
• New utility: Mouse Jump allows to quickly move the mouse pointer long distances on single or across screens. Thanks @mikeclayton!

Paste as Plain Text

• New utility: Paste as Plain Text allows pasting the text contents of your clipboard without formatting. Note: the formatted text in the clipboard is replaced with the unformatted text. Thanks @carlos-zamora!

PowerToys Run

• Show Steam (steam://open/) shortcuts in the Program plugin.
• Localize paths of Program plugin results. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Improved stability of the code used to get the localized names and paths. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Support MSC and CPL files in "Run command" results of Program plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• Added missing MSC and CPL settings to the results of Windows Settings plugin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• System plugin: Setting for separate "Open/Empty Recycle bin" results or single result with context menu. (This was implemented based on user feedback for a change in the last build.) Thanks @htcfreek!
• Add support for log2 and log10 in Calculator plugin. Thanks @RickLuiken!
• Removed the TimeZone plugin.
• Fix the crash when loading thumbnail for PDF files. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)

Shortcut Guide

• Added: Dismiss Shortcut Guide with mouse click. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Quick Accent

• Added Lithuanian characters. Thanks @saulens22!
• Added additional (Chinese) characters. Thanks @ChaseKnowlden!

Settings

• Add missing flyout borders on Windows 10. Thanks @davidegiacometti!
• Add experimentation for oobe landing page. Thanks @chenss3!
• Show icons of user-installed PowerToys Run plugins. Thanks @al2me6!
• Fixed crash when clicking Browse for backup and restore location while running elevated.
• Respect taskbar position when showing system tray flyout. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)
• Show correct Hosts module image. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)

Development

• Turned on C++ code analysis and incrementally fixing warnings.
• Centralize .NET NuGet packages versions. Thanks @snickler!
• Separate PowerToys installer logs and MSI logs to different files.
• Added new GPO rules to the reporting tool.
• Move PowerToys registry entries back to HKLM to fix context menu entries not working on some configurations. (This was a hotfix for 0.67)

Release v0.67.1

This is a patch release to fix issues in v.67.0 to fix some bugs we deemed important for stability based on incoming rates. See v0.67.0 for full release notes.

• #23733 - Fix FancyZones crashing on moving window between monitors with win + arrows
• #23818 - Fix FancyZones issue causing window attributes not being reset properly
• #23749 - Move PowerToys registry entries back to HKLM to fix context menu entries not working on some configurations
• #23737 - Respect taskbar position when showing system tray flyout
• #18166 - Fix Power Toys Run crashing when loading thumbnail for PDF files
• #23801 - Show correct Hosts module image in PowerToys Settings app
• #23820 - Fix FancyZones issue causing window not being adjusted when layout is changed
• #23926 - Fix an issue causing issues not to be unsnapped when dragging started
• #23927 - Fix layouts not being applied to new virtual desktops
• #23579, #23811 - Fix for thumbnail crashes

Installer Hashes

x64 Installer Hash

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ARM64 Installer Hash

E6F4E41C4B35B2F1F9262E4D954254D64769D68BDDFDDEC67B5626E58DCE3842

Release v0.67.0

In the v0.67 release cycle, we focused on releasing new features and improvements.

Installer Hashes

x64 Installer Hash

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ARM64 Installer Hash

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Highlights

• Added an option for PowerToys Run to tab through results instead of context buttons. Thanks @maws6502!
• All PowerToys registry entries are moved from machine scope (HKLM) to user scope (HKCU).
• Quick access system tray launcher. Thanks @niels9001!

Awake

• Disable instead of hiding "Keep screen on" option.

FancyZones

• Refactored and improved code quality.

File explorer add-ons

• Fixed escaping HTML-sensitive characters when previewing developer files. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Image Resizer

• Improved code quality around a silent crash that was being reported to Microsoft servers.

PowerToys Run

• Add option to tab through results only. Thanks @maws6502!
• System plugin - Updated Recycle Bin command to allow opening the Recycle Bin. Thanks @htcfreek!
• System plugin - Improved Recycle Bin command to not block PT Run while the deletion is running. Thanks @htcfreek!
• System plugin - Small other changes to improve the usability of the Recycle Bin command. Thanks @htcfreek!
• WindowWalker plugin - Show all open windows with action keyword. Thanks @davidegiacometti!

Quick Accent

• Added dashes characters. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added Estonian characters. Thanks @jovark!
• Added Hebrew characters. Thanks @Evyatar-E!
• Added diacritical marks. Thanks @Aaron-Junker!
• Added Norwegian characters. Thanks @norwayman22!

Settings

• Fixed URL click crash on the "What's New" screen.
• Added quick access system tray launcher. Thanks @niels9001!

Documentation

• Added PowerToys disk usage footprint document.
• Fixed some grammar issues on main readme / Wiki. Thanks @CanePlayz!

Development

• Verify notice.md file and used NuGet packages are synced.
• Turned on C++ code analysis and incrementally fixing warnings.
• Automatically add list of .NET Runtime deps to Installer during build. Thanks @snickler!
• Move all installer registry entries to HKCU.
• Refactor installer - extract module related stuff from Product.wxs to per-module .wxs file.
• Enhance ARM64 build configuration verification. Thanks @snickler!
• Helped identify a WebView2 issue affecting PowerToys File explorer add-ons, which has been fixed upstream and released as an update through the usual Windows Update channels.